[Andrew Brunelle]

Funny you should mention that book The Comedy Bible. Now that I am a decent stand-up comedian, I still refer back to that book and look at some of the ideas. Stand-up comedy is a blast to do as long as you go in expecting nothing and to grow from there. Good luck.

When I finally really engrossed myself in comedy, I experienced the same prediction phenomenon that you described. In a way it kind of ruins the surprise, but I believe knowing the surprise in advance is more rewarding. Another example is some of the jokes I've thought of (but not performed) were used on Family Guy, independent of their knowledge of me thinking of it. I suppose I should take that as a green light towards becoming a comedy writer.

It's funny how you're offering this discount again because I was really thinking about buying it and now that you mentioned the Comedy Bible among other things, I really feel like I should give it a shot and splurge on it. We shall see. If I buy the non-deluxe package, I can probably afford it.

Edit: Just bought it. The fact that they offer a money-back guarantee makes it all worthwhile.